Analysis Of A 5 Minute Film

Storyline -
In this short film, it starts with a dream and there is a car crash in which the main character's mother and father lay within it and he is watching it from afar but then it flips to him waking up showing it was a dream. He carries on like normal to a normal life where nothing has gone wrong. After freshening himself up and making sure it's not real, he goes downstairs into the kitchen where he encounters his mother and they have a normal conversation but then the mother mentions a car crash in which he replies telling her about his. He continues to talk to his mother and she asks him to call his father in as he outside and he's just seen him through the window fixing the car however when he goes to the door to call him in, his father isn't there. He goes back in the kitchen to tell his mother but she has also disappeared, his father then calls him into the living room where he sits and they have a conversation about general studies that the main character is interested in, he then goes on to say he loves his son. He goes to walk into the kitchen after finishing the conversation and finds is father stood in the kitchen and becomes really confused and his mother then appears like she was before in the kitchen and they are together. He then gets a knock on the door from a police officer who is delivering the news about his parents in a car accident and the main character refuses to believe it as they were just in the kitchen and wants to tell the police officer it is a mistake, he continues walking into the house in a search to find his parents and the police officer followers wearily. His mother then reappears afterwards asking him to be strong and then leaves the house.



Sound/Music -
There has been a clever usage of sounds and music from the beginning to the end as when they are in the accident during the dream. There is a diegetic sound of a heartbeat, and at every beat the camera switches from each character to the other. As he comes closer to the car, a sharp sound starts like an alarm clock and he wakes up. It causes tension and makes the audience come to the end of their seats in worry. Then no music is used until the end which is very effective as the audience believe it was just a dream and his life is normal until the police officer arrives, the tension is built as he walks through the house there is piercing music where the mother reappears behind the police officer and the same sharpening noise is used unexpectedly which frightens the audience.

Mise-en-scene -

Police Officer Uniform

Everyday Outfit

Grey-scale

During the beginning of the film, they portray they are in a dream using a different lighting which is more grey-scale compared to the real life shots which is normal lighting portraying it is everyday life. The costumes that the characters are wearing are ones that anyone would wear in everyday life however they have used a police officer costume to portray the character is an authoritive figure and is here to tell some important news. The use of make up is minimal however in the car crash, they have emphasised on the use of blood to portray an accident has happened that could be fatal. The use of props is also minimal the only use is the car to portray a car crash.

Shot Reverse Shot

Editing -
The film is non-linear as it has a flashback in the beginning and then afterwards it all makes sense as it becomes linear. As one scene is completely different at the beginning to the following ones it is not continuous however afterwards it does become it. They often use shot-reverse shots when displaying conversation between one another.

Close Up

Cinematography -

Many close up shots are used during the car crash to show what has happened and the disaster that has occurred whilst zooming into the main character who is alive to emphasis his emotion and shock about the situation. When the family is conversing, all shots are similar there isn't a variety of them, they either use close ups or mid shots, there is no angles used to show who is inferior/superior. However they use a mid shot of the car outside to confuse the audience about the car crash and make them think that it was just a dream when it actually wasn't. They use still shots therefore no hand held camera work has been done and they have used a tripod to contract a steady image.